#42DFB5#42DFB5

#42DFB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFB5
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 181)
HSL	hsl(164, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -50.22, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 51.01, 169.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.1406 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.142 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9706, 57.2655, 52.8120)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFB5 #DF426C

analogous

#42DF67 #42DFB5 #42BBDF

triadic

#42DFB5 #B542DF #DFB542

tetradic

#42DFB5 #6742DF #DF426C #BBDF42

square

#42DFB5 #6742DF #DF426C #BBDF42

split-complementary

#42DFB5 #DF42BB #DF6742

monochromatic

#188E6F #21C398 #42DFB5 #76E8C9 #ABF1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#42DFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB5

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFB5	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beacb',
    500: '#42dfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfb5;
$custom-light: #8beacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.949,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81256,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFB5

secondary

#94324C

accent

#3A6AEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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